Congressional Budget Office: Options for Reducing the Deficit

Download the report "Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2017 to 2026" from the Congressional Budget Office website.

Read Ch. 5 of the report.

Select one of the health options listed.

Select a health care facility or service (e.g., hospital, physician practice, long-term care facility, ambulance service, pharmacy, or skilled nursing facility), and evaluate the effects that implementing the health option would have on a health care facility or service you selected.

Write a 385 to 600 word article about your evaluation and proposed changes to the facility or service that can help curb negative effects.

Publish the article on your own social media account (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.), or post it on a health care message board of your choice.

Include a citation of your article in your assignment.

Cite 3 reputable references to support your assignment (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Materials:

https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/114th-congress-2015-2016/reports/52142-budgetoptions2.pdf

https://www.cbo.gov/topics/health-care